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Saviour Squad

I was asleep when the alert sounded in my earpiece. It was 10:05pm on a Tuesday. I had retreated to … More

depression, flash fiction, future, mental health, science fiction, short story, Technology, wearable tech

Reap

“You reap what you sow.” When he said it, initially, I felt at a loss. I had nothing to say … More

biodiversity, climate change, dystopian fiction, dystopian story, fiction, food security, future, short story, Survival

Herb

It was a beautiful bright, crisp September morning, and although it felt chilly to step out, the sky was blue … More

AI, Car, dystopian, future, short story

Cultured

It had been an uncomfortable journey, reaching the old hunter’s shack. I had taken the bumpy, pitted backroads in the … More

AI, Artifiical Intelligence, authoritarian, banned language, Crime, culture, culturual genocide, dystopia, dystopian, fiction, future, language, oppression, power, robots, scifi, short story, story, technolgy

The Filter

What is reality? It’s whatever you see, you hear, you believe. It’s what you are shown. The filter was painless … More

augmented reality, dystopia, dystopian fiction, fiction, flash fiction, future, sci fi, science fiction, short story, technolgy, Virtual reality

First World Riot

There comes a moment in every era, where people see right through their leaders. Like a blinding light in the … More

anarchy, brutality, chaos, dystopia, fiction, future, futuristic, mob, power, riots, science fiction, short story, Survival

Touching Crime

I had woken up feeling concerned. It was like a sudden lucid moment in a coma, or like noticing you … More

Crime, disease, fiction, future, lockdown, love story, science fiction, short story, story, tale

Missing Earth

It was an exercise. A simple way of purging. Arron – My ‘what I will miss’ list: The smell of … More

covid, Earth, fiction, future, isolation, read, science fiction, short story, space, story, tale

Heist

“I do not want you to do it… Please.” Sam’s father cradled the shotgun in his arms like a newborn … More

crime story, dystopia, fiction, food, foodbank, future, heist, raid, read, sci fi, short story, story

The Glitch

I had that moment you get, just once in a while. You stop in your mind to remember a vision … More

AI, dystopia, fiction, future, futurist, love, quick read, read, sci fi, science fiction, short story, story, Virtual reality

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